Can Tho Restaurant Tips by richiecdisc

Restaurant Name: Nem Nuong Than Van

When you do a group tour into the Mekong Delta, many of your meals will be pre-determined, some even included in the price of the tour. But when you can, it’s nice to break from your group and find your own little local restaurants. Our group was being horded off to a tourist restaurant that served up many local delicacies like snake and rat meat. It is very true that these edibles are much sought after by locals and certainly an interesting diversion for those wanting to try them. From what a friend of ours told us, it was fun! But generally these items are beyond the means of most locals and would be reserved for very special occasions.

Favorite Dish: Since it was one of our last meals in Vietnam, we opted for trying to find something more down to earth and local. I asked at the hotel reception and found out there was a place not far from the hotel that served grilled items like pork in various incarnations. We sought out bun thit nuong, a grilled pork over rice vermicelli and found it and something quite similar, in which the fillings were wrapped up in sheer rice paper, in make shift spring rolls. The place was packed with locals and they only stopped briefly to inspect the ragamuffins that dropped into their unsuspecting paradise. We ordered quickly from their convenient photo menu. The bun thit nuong was fantastic and huge for 8000 dong (fifty cents), and the wraps were incredibly stuffing for 11000 dong.

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Theme: Local
Comparison: least expensive
Prices: less than US$10  » Currency Converter
Address: 17 Hoa Binh in Cantho
Directions: This was not far from our hotel and pretty much a straight shot of a walk, heading away from the Cantho River. It's a major street so should not be hard to find.